Troye Sivan's New Song 'Take Yourself Home' Captures A 'Scary Moment' In His Life

Here's a treat to kick your month off right: Troye Sivan has returned with a new single, "Take Yourself Residence — the title of which couldn't be more poignant in the time of social distancing.


The new track arrived on Wednesday (April 1) alongside a lyric video comprised of aerial footage of city buildings. "I'm tired of the city / Scream if you're with me / If I'm gonna perish, let's perish somewhere pretty," Sivan sings on the initial lines, with nothing however an acoustic guitar and ethereal backing vocals to join him. Yet in true Troye style, the track eventually builds into a glitchy, synthy arrangement tailor-made for dancing out your anxiety. Sivan's gentle voice manages to cut by means of the noise, as he sings of being "sad in the summer" and craving some clairty: "How it got this dark is just in back of to me / If anyone can hear me, switch the lights."


It all culminates in an extended, metallic-sounding outro that's chaotic in all of the perfect ways. Listen to the track — which Sivan co-wrote with Leland, Tayla Parx and Oscar Görres — below.


Following the song's release, Sivan shared on Instagram, "This was a really scary moment for me - being this truthful with myself about my happiness and my life and way all of the pieces fit with each other, or don't. Just like a moment of dude..What r u doing. This isn't working anymore. Go residence. Go be with ur family member. Dance. Write music. Be with ur companions who have known u since u were 2. Reevaluate. Of course we wrote a sad dance track with a housey outro, and it's out everywhere in the world right now. Hope you like also it brings you some of the joy and relief it brought me throughout these crazy times."


Sivan's new single comes almost two weeks immediately after he first hinted at new music on social media. In a frenzied, stream-of-consciousness message, he not only reported his intent to release new tunes, nevertheless also asked for freelance artists to reach out and work on upcoming assignments. That was followed by plenty of lyric reveals on Twitter, along with because the track's striking cover art, in which Sivan debuted red hair along with a bridge piercing.


"Take Yourself House marks Sivan's first solo release since his 2018 sophomore album, Bloom, though he did pop up on collaborations with Lauv, Charli XCX, and Allie X last year. It's unclear if this is a stand-alone single or the initial taste of TS3, yet it's a welcome treat no matter what.